AFU clear Pokrovsk city council building of Russians and raise Ukrainian flag

According to Ukrinform, the regiment's press service reported this on Telegram and released a video in which soldiers talk about the combat operation to clear the city council in Pokrovsk of Russians.

“Assault troops of the ‘Skelia’ regiment returned the Ukrainian flag to the city council building in Pokrovsk,” the report says.

As reported by Ukrinform, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that there is no encirclement of the Defense Forces units in the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad agglomeration. Measures are being taken to block the enemy, which is trying to infiltrate and accumulate in the city of Pokrovsk. Active countermeasures against attempts by enemy infantry groups to gain a foothold are ongoing.

In Pokrovsk, the Ukrainian Defense Forces are conducting strike and search operations. In particular, assault units of the 425th Special Forces Brigade, SSS operators, combined groups of the Special Operations Forces, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard, and the Main Intelligence Directorate are involved. Military units defending the city have been reinforced.